Fort Polk in western Louisiana will lose fewer than 250 troops as the Army moves ahead with restructuring plans that will cut 80,000 nationally, members of the state's congressional delegation said today.

BATON ROUGE — Reps. Steve Scalise and Cedric Richmond both beat four challengers in their respective bids to maintain their seats in Washington in Tuesday’s election. Scalise easily defeated four challengers in his bid to keep the congressional seat representing ...

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana candidates seeking to rally an election victory were spending their final days before Tuesday attending football tailgates and festivals, waving signs on street corners and making last rounds of phone calls to pitch themselves to voters. ...

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s Democratic Party ousted its leader Saturday and replaced him with New Orleans state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, as the party struggles to regain its footing in a state that has shifted to the GOP in recent ...

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s new map for its congressional districts, which will shrink the state’s U.S. House seats from seven to six, was cleared today by the U.S. Department of Justice. Lawmakers drew the plan in a special legislative session ...

BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal said weeks ago that he knew his boundaries in the remapping of state political districts, and they didn’t include much involvement in the redesign efforts. Jindal’s boundaries apparently have expanded since then. The Republican ...

BATON ROUGE — Four Republican Louisiana congressmen on today backed a redistricting plan that would preserve two vertical, north Louisiana-based congressional districts, despite continued population loss in the areas. The divide over how to redraw the state’s U.S. House map ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The shift to Republican control of the U.S. House could boost the clout of Louisiana’s GOP-heavy congressional delegation. “Last night was a tremendous victory for the country, but I think it was also a big victory ...

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana candidates were making their pitches well into the final hours of election day Tuesday, planning to wave signs, shake hands and scrounge up any last vote that could sway congressional races or a special election for ...